Egyptian army soldiers stand guard on their armored personnel carrier, near the presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, July 11, 2013. Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood vowed Thursday not to back down in its push to restore ousted Islamist leader Mohammed Morsi to power but insisted its resistance is peaceful in an effort to distance itself from more than a week of clashes with security forces. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
Egyptian army soldiers stand guard on their armored personnel carrier, near the presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, July 11, 2013. Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood vowed Thursday not to back down in its push to restore ousted Islamist leader Mohammed Morsi to power but insisted its resistance is peaceful in an effort to distance itself from more than a week of clashes with security forces. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
An Egyptian army soldier reads Islam's holy book, the Quran as he sits on his armored personnel carrier, near the presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, on the second day of Ramadan, Thursday July 11, 2013. Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood vowed Thursday not to back down in its push to restore ousted Islamist leader Mohammed Morsi to power but insisted its resistance is peaceful in an effort to distance itself from more than a week of clashes with security forces. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
An Egyptian army soldier, left, stand guards next to his comrade who is reads Islam's holy book, the Quran, right, on their armored personnel carrier, near the presidential palace, in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday July 11, 2013, on the second day of Ramadan. Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood vowed Thursday not to back down in its push to restore ousted Islamist leader Mohammed Morsi to power but insisted its resistance is peaceful in an effort to distance itself from more than a week of clashes with security forces. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
CAIRO (AP) ? Officials say prosecutors will investigate allegations that Egypt's ousted president escaped from prison during the 2011 revolution with help from the Palestinian militant group Hamas.
The officials say chief prosecutor Hesham Barakat has collected testimonies from a court in the Suez Canal city of Ismailia that will be the base for an investigation by state security prosecutors into the jailbreak by Mohammed Morsi and more than 30 other Muslim Brotherhood leaders.
The question of whether Hamas helped them escape amid the chaos surrounding the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak has been debated in the media for months.
Hamas denied any role. Morsi says local residents helped him escape.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.
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